The LSU men’s basketball team rallied back from a 20 point deficit to tie Florida with a minute and a half left but ended up losing to the Gators 82 to 80 in Gainesville. Jordan Wright had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer, but Wright’s wide open floater in the lane did not go down. The Tigers have lost six of their last seven and fall to 4-and-7 in the SEC.

The Pelicans host the Washington Wizards tonight at 7 PM in the final game before the All-Star Break. New Orleans is 32-and-22 and in sixth place in the Western Conference. The Wizards are a woeful 9-and-44.

In women’s basketball. LSU’s Angel Reese has been named SEC Player of the Week for a tenth time during her career. The junior forward had a combined 42 points and 35 rebounds in wins over Alabama and Vanderbilt. The 13th ranked Lady Tigers next game is Monday against Texas A-and-M.

ESPN and the College Football Playoff have reportedly agreed to a huge new TV deal that will give ESPN exclusive broadcast rights through the 2031-32 season. It only cost ESPN 7.8 billion dollars.

And conference commissioners are also reportedly close to agreeing to a format on how the 12 teams will be chosen. They are leaning towards allowing the five highest ranked conference champs and then the seven highest ranked teams that are not conference champions in the team 12 team playoff.

LSU baseball begins a new season on Friday and there’s a lot of buzz about freshman Jake Brown who will likely start in the outfield. D-1 Baseball Kendall Rogers on the former Sulphur High star…
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First pitch on Friday is at 2 PM for LSU versus VMI.